지난번 토미님이 올리시기도 하였던 내용입니다만,

게임스컴 전후하여 폴리포니 웹에 공개되었던, 게임 피쳐에서 확인된 기능이기도 합니다.

User Interface
The Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, and the same design concept. The icons change color Able to track
the movement of Cockpit Camera interface (confirmed in full 3-D. The camera can be fully manipulated and you can opt to have your head tracked by the PSEye)

PSeye로 헤드 트래킹이 된다는 것이고,
아래 영상 보시면 이해가 가실겁니다. 이전 토미님 정보글에 보면 r팩터에 적용된 영상이 있습니다.

이로서 그란5에서는 헤드 트래킹을 달고 이리저리 둘러보면 차량 내부를 볼수 있다는것이죠.
물론, 약간의 곁눈질이 필요하긴 합니다만, 생각보다 많은 곁눈질은 아니라고 하네요.

지난번 공개되었다가 사라진 리스트를 TGS에서 공개할 가능성이 많은데,
그렇다면 헤드 트레킹 적용된 그란을 24일에 볼수 있을지도 모르겠네요.




Gran Turismo 5’s “Head Tracking” Explained
September 9th, 2009 by Jordan


Shortly after Gran Turismo 5’s feature list popped up on Polyphony Digital’s website, pandemonium broke out as everyone rushed to secure an accurate translation.  With the added excitement of the playable demo at GamesCom and our first look at damage, some pretty remarkable new features slipped under the collective radar.  We’re going to put the spotlight on one of them today which could have an major impact on the racing game genre across platforms: “head tracking” with the PlayStation Eye.

The concept itself is simple enough -- it’s a camera that tracks the movement of your head -- but the results are breathtaking.  If you’ve never seen this new technology in action, watch the following demo and you’ll quickly realize the implications of such a feature in Gran Turismo 5:


As we learned from Polyphony Digital’s website, you’ll be able to use this head tracking technology to manipulate the “cockpit camera” and presumably look through the corners and at your opponents with the simple turn of your head.  From the translation (confirmed by Yamauchi):

“…the movement of Cockpit Camera interface (confirmed in full 3-D. The camera can be fully manipulated and you can opt to have your head tracked by the PSEye)”

The PlayStation Eye is already available for $32.99, but is not typically considered a must-have peripheral for most PS3 owners due to a lack of software support.  That could change in a very big way, selling lots of additional Eye hardware for Sony in the process.  For now, though, we could be looking at GT5’s “dark horse” in the race for consumer’s hearts, minds, and dollars.